Conquest of Tunis (1534)
08/16/1534 AD defeated
Barbarossa captures Tunis from the Hafsid ruler Muley Hasan, and establishes a strong naval base there, which could be used for raids in the region, and on nearby Malta.
Tunis was a highly strategic location, controlling the passage from the west to the eastern basin of the Mediterranean.
In 1533, Suleiman the Magnificent summoned Barbarossa from Algiers and ordered him to build a large war fleet in the arsenal of Constantinople.
Altogether 70 galleys were built during the winter of 1533–34, manned by slave oarsmen, including 1,200 Christian ones.
With this fleet, Barbarossa conducted aggressive raids along the coast of Italy, until he landed in Tunis on 16 August 1534, ousting the local ruler, theretofore subservient to the Spanish, the Hafsid Regent Muley Hasan.
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Hayreddin Barbarossa (خير الدين بربروس, Hızır Hayrettin Pasha, Khizr) Ottoman corsair...
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